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The Secret of Contentment: Christ Alone
Contentment. I’ve been thinking about that word. It is a word, like many others, that can be used to positively or negatively describe an attitude. It depends on its context. Sometimes we are content with things the way they are when we should not be. It’s the bad kind of contentment. Bill Hybels inspired me Continue reading
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Praying for Your Church in 2015
Wow! January is almost half over. What?! Since it appears to me that most of us are still in the new year’s resolution stage, I’m “borrowing” a list from Thom Rainer as I think about praying for this upcoming year in the local church of which I am a part. My pastor, who happens to Continue reading
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Why? THAT is the Question!
“Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for His saving intervention.” Preschoolers love to ask “why?” If you’re a parent, you’ve probably experienced those days in which you cringe at the never-ending question. It can seriously feel like the Continue reading
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All is Well … ‘Cause He is Good
It’s that time of year when people reflect. And renew. One year is ending and another is beginning.Like everyone, I’ll admit that there have been those years I was very happy to see come to an end. In those seasons of life, there’s something about seeing a new year come in that brings hope for Continue reading
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Why I Love Auburn – No, Not the Color
For eight years we lived in the state of Washington and we now live in South Dakota. When you mention “auburn” to many people living outside the southeast, their first thought is possibly a hair color. Football is just not a way of life around these parts. But being born in Alabama (well, the hospital Continue reading
Unchained Melodye 